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BRIEF TELEGRAMS
At Lexington Ky while J N Haw
kins was on his way home from ais
store he was shot and his pockets ri
fled by a foot paid
Representative Crumpacker of Indi
ana has introduced a bill for an
amendment to the apoprtionment act
so -that the membership of the house
shall be 372
-Attorney General Comstock said
that in his opinion North Dakota can
do nothing to prevent -the consolida
tion of the Northern Pacific Burling
ton and Great Northern
Rev Dr Thomas Kennedy rector
of the American college in Rome has
just purchased a building near the
Pilotta palace where the American
college will be installed
James Argyl Smith of the supreme
court of Mississippi formerly super
intendent of public education and a
brigadier general in the confederate
army died of pneumonia
Admiral Dewey denies the state
ments that the Schley court of inquiry
has reached a decision in the case
and that Admiral Schley has been
found guilty on five counts
A monument to the memory of Rob
ert Fulton erected in Trinity church
yard New York City by the Ameri
can society of mechanical engineers
in session there was unveiled
Fire in the storage compartmeht
of Foster Gassels cotton warehouse
at Shreveport La destroyed the com
partment and 1500 bales of cotton
The loss is estimated at 60000
The Texas Masonic grand lodge in
vites the members of the Mexican
grand lodge to participate in its de
liberations thus giving Mexicans rec
ognition in the United States
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro Brazil
says Maria Louisa a negress 160
years old is dead She was the last
representative of the slaves who were
imported directly from Africa
The Rome Fanulla says the pope
will not send a delegation to attend
- tne coronation ceremonies of King
Edward VII as his holiness was not
notified of the kings accession to the
throne
At a luncheon given by the Press
club of Manila to Acting Civil Gov
ernor Wright General Chaffee and L
R Wilfley attorney general to the
Philippines the guests made short ad
dresses
At Racine Wis it was announced
that a valuable package of papers
shipped from Mason City la to the
J I Case Plow Manufacturing com
pany had been lost from an American
Express wagon
It has become quite a fad to send
miniature Christmas trees as gifts
They are miniature pines or hen
locks the smaller the better hand-
somely trimmed and they are sent to
old as well as young
Charles D Ford chairman of the
republican state central committee an
nounced that he had placed his resig
nation in the hands of the secretary
of the committee to be acted upon
at the next meeting of the committee
Major Henry Fulton a member of
the faculty of the University of Col
orado is dead of heart disease He
was 55 years of age and was a native
of Greece N Y He served with dis
tinction in the civil war enlisting at
the age of 15 years and spent one
year in Libby prison
It is said at Vienna that the man
named Halju who was arrested at So
fia December 7 and alleged to be the
assassin of ex Premier Stambuloff had
a hand in the kidnaping of Miss El
len M Stone the American mission
ary
The Cramp Shipbuilding company
has notified the porte that it is ready
to commence building a cruiser for the
Turkish government and has asked
the government to send officers to su
pervise the vessels construction
London papers announce that when
the duchess of Marlborough formerly
Miss Consuela Vanderbilt visits the
United States with her children this
winter she will spend Christmas with
her father William K Vanderbilt at
his country home Idle Hour and re
turn to Great Britain in February
Between 40000 and 50000 women
pass annually through the prisons of
England and Wales
General Wood military governor of
Cuba left Washington for New York
where he will take the first steamer
sailing for Havana
The death rate among negroes in
our large cities is nearly double that
of the whites
A French engineer named M Souza
of is reported to have
made successful experiments with a
motor car plough
Senator Depew who is to sail for
Europe soon gave a farewell dinner to
his New York friends
Lieutenant Hazzard of the First cav
alry who assisted in the capture of
Aguinaldo arrived in San Francisco
on the Sheridan from Manila
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What tho To Houses of Congress Will
Busy Themselves at
THE SENATE COMMITTEE LISTS
They Aro Expected to lie Made Tuesday
Cnnil Treaty Under Lonsldcrotlou
Ko Doubt of Its Kutiflcatlon Miscella
neous
WASHINGTON Dec 1G Tbedispo
sition of the senate is to do very little
business beyond acting upon the Hay
Pauncefote treaty before adjournment
for the holidays In accordance with
the agreement reached Friday the trea
ty will be voted on before the senate
adjourns tomorrow Senator Teller
will make the first speech of the day
tomorrow and he will be followed by
other senators with brief speeches
The opponents of the treaty admit
there Is no doubt of ratification
On Thursday the announcement of
the committees will be made and
there is a probability that after thiB
announcement the senate will adjourn
until Thursday when the adjourn
ment for the holidays will take place
extending to January 6 If there are
business sessions Wednesday -and
Thursday Senator Morgan will make
an effort to secure action on his bill
authorizing the acquisition of right of
way for the Nicaragua canal but sen
ators on the republican side of the
chamber are inclined to postpone all
important legislation until after the
holidays
There probably will be action before
the adjournment on Thursday on a
number of nominations and the
chances are that Attorney General
Knoxs nomination will be- among
those to receive ateention
The introduction of resolutions
bearing on the case of Admiral Schley
is also among the probabilities but no
action in that direction is anticipated
for the present
The house this week will pass the
bill to provide temporary revenues
for the Philippine islands which Avas
reported from the ways and means
committee last Friday Under the
agreement made general debate will
extend throughout Tuesday and until
4 oclock Wednesday when a vote
will be taken There will be no op
portunity to amend the measure
There will be a break in the party
lines on both sides of the house
Mr McCall of Massachusetts the
republican member of the ways and
means committee who opposed the
Porto Rican bill during the last con
gress will speak against the measure
and will be supported in his dissent
from his republican colleagues by Mr
Littlefleld of Maine and perhaps sev
eral other republicans who oppose the
Porto Rican bill and hold that a sim
ilar issue is presented at this time
On the democratic side Representa
tive Robinson will support the bill
and the remainder of the Louisiana
delegation will do likewise Repre
senting the cane sugar interests of
their state they are opposed to conces
sions on sugar duties either from the
Pnilippines or Cuba
The general belief is that the bill
will secure as many democratic votes
as it loses votes on the republican side
and that the majority in its favor
when placed on its passage will be
about the republican majority in the
house
Believed to Have Perished
CHEYENNE Wyo Dec 16 Word
from Casper states that a young man
named Hemingway brother qf Civil
Engineer Hemingway of Casper prob
ably perished in the storm last Thurs
day The young man was a stranger
in this country and started to go to a
neighboring ranch He never reached
his destination and his friends fear he
is dead A party is now searching the
plains for him
Fanner Dies in Snowdrift
NEW RICHMOND Wis Dec 16
John McQuaid a farmer residing at
Stanton died yesterday as a result of
exposure to -the extremely cold weath
er McQuaid was found in a snow
drift beside the road near Houlton
having fallen from his wagon
Fails to See the Train
WATERLOO Neb Dec 16 Emil
Zable while crossing the Union Pacific
track at his place was struck by train
No 101 and instantly killed He was
in a buggy and had the side curtains
up and did not notice the train com
ing
Stockman Frozen to Death
HARVARD Neb Bee 16 Word
comes from Trumbull in the north
west corner of this county that as T
T Garnett about 60 years of age liv
ing some three miles northwest of
Trumbull was returning from a sale
held by his son a short distance from
his home he left the team and party
with whom he was riding saying he
would go and look after his cattle and
get them home This was the last
seen of him until found
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CRASH CAME IN A CURVE
Passenger and Freight Trains Collide on
tho Illinois Central
ROCKFORD 111 Dec 16 Failure
on the part of a conductor to obey
orders is supposed to have been tho
cause of a head end collision on the
Illinois Central between Irene and
Perryville early yesterday The two
trains were the eastbound passenger
train No 4 and a through freight from
Chicago going west As a result
eight people are dead or missing and
eleven injured
The trains met in a slight bend of
the track both running at full speed
The smoker express and baggage cars
wore piled on the locomotives penning
in the occupants of the smoker Only
three of the half dozen persons in
that car escaped The others were
penned in and if not instantly killed
were roasted to death and their bod
ies along with those of the engine
crew were entirely consumed
All efforts of the survivors to res
cue the victims was unvailing The
flames drove them back at every point
The temperature Tras 20 degrees below
zero and the icy wind 7as blowing
across the prairie the point where he
wreck occurred being in a shallow cut
affording no protection The injured
were without hats or wraps and suf
fered terribly By the united efforts of
the survivors the waycar was pushed
back from the wreckage to escape the
flames and the wounded were placed
on the bunks inside Two hours
elapsed before any relief was at hand
SCHLEY PREPARED fOR ACTION
Rear Admiral Says He Is Beady to Con
tinue Prosecution
BALTIMORE Dec 16 Rear Ad
miral W S Schley has notified Attor
ney General Isidor Rayner that he is
ready to take any action with refer
ence to his case that Mr Rayner may
advise Mr Rayner expects to meet
the admiral in Washington today or
Tuesday
When asked whether he favored a
congressional investigation Mr Ray
ner said I doubt whether a pro
ceeding of this sort is the proper one
It generally assumes a political aspect
At this time I am of the opinion that
the matter should be prosecuted by
the courts There are plenty of ways
in which this can be done and this
week we will begin to consult and
determine upon our course of action
Among the telegrams Mr Rayner
has received since the publication of
the findings of the court of inquiry
was one from a gentleman in another
state who asked that his identity be
kept secret with an offer of 10000
for the necessary expenses atteiiding
a further prosecution of the case The
offer was declined
STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA
Big Rivets Bise and Inflict Enormous
Damage
PHILADELPHIA Pa Dec 16 A
storm for which severity and destruct
iveness has not been equaled in this
section for twenty five years visited
Eastern and Central Pennsylvania last
night causing almost unprecedented
damage and resulted in the loss of at
least four human lives The havoc in
tho coal regions is enormous and the
los3 to railroad and mining companies
will amount to millions of dollars
The Schuylkill Lehigh Susquehanna
and Juniata rivers have risen as high
as fifteen feet above their levels and
all their tributaries have overflowed
inundating the surrounding country
in more than a dozen counties
Innumerable Avashcuts have oc
curred on the Pennsylvania Phila
delphia Reading Northern Central
Lehigh Valley New Jersey Central
and other railroads Bridges have
been carried away and traffic is at a
standstill
Founder of Uutte Dead
BUTTE Mont Dec 16 William L
Farland the founder of Butte died
yesterday of pneumonia aged 67 years
Farland in the 60c located many of
the big mines of Butte built the first
silver mill and produced the first bar of
bullion He was associated with
United States Senator Clark in many
mining deals during the early days of
the camp
Commissioner Declnres War
LINCOLN Neb Dec 16 Deputy
Food Commissioner Bassett is about to
begin war upon the people who make
pure cider vinegar and dispose of it
to unsuspecting merchants for 3 cents
a gallon The merchants in turn dis
pose of it to unsuspecting customers
for 25 cents a gallon thus making a
very fair margin on the sale
Chicagos Coldest December
CHICAGO Dec 1G Yesterday was
the coldest day Chicago has experi
enced in the month of December since
the weather bureau was established
here thirty years ago For three
hours the mercury stood at 21 degrees
below zero Later however the skies
cleared and the wind which had been
blowing from the northwest died
down causing- a gradual rise of tem
perature and at night the thermom
eter registered but 3 degrees below
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LOOKS BRIGHT fOR IRRIGATION
George JET Maxwell Discusses Probable
Action of Congress
OMAHA Dec 14 The presence of
George H Maxwell at the meeting of
the Commercial clubs executive com
mittee naturally turned the subject of
discussion to irrigation The secretary
of the National Irrigation association
made a short address in which he con
gratulated the members of the commit
tee on the fact that the message of
President Roosevelt and the report of
Secretary Hitchcock iwere practical
and full endorsements of the ideas ad
vanced by the association and en
dorsed by the Omaha Commercial club
He advised the members to stand firm
to the plan of the association and said
that the fight upon the measure will
come from the western representa
tives the majority of the representa
tives from the east who have express
ed opinions being in favor of the asso
ciations plan Referring to an article
from the Brooklyn Eagle he sal J that
it represented the sentiment of the
eastern representatives and that they
would stand for no plan contemplating
state ownership and control A gen
eral discussion followed in which oach
speaker pledged himself to spread the
sentiment in favor of the plan en
dorsed by thg national administration
Xorval Will Not Accept
LINCOLN Neb Dec 16 Judge
Norval has given his friends a positive
statement that he will under no con
sideraion accept the commissionership
which will be vacant upon Judge Sedg
wick taking his seat on the supreme
bench Judge Norval says that he in
tends joining with his two brothers in
the practice of law in his home town
of Seward
Territorial Pioneers Meeting
BROWNVILLE Neb Dec 16 Tha
annual meeting of the Nebraska Ter
ritorial Pioneers association will be
held at University chapel Lincoln
Tuesday January 14
TVreclron the Darlington
MCOOK Neb Dec 16 Accommo
dation train No 175 on the Imperial
branch was wrecked near Palisade
Eight cars were ditched but no one
was hurt
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NEBRASKA CATTLE KING fREEf STATE TRAVELING LIBRARY
Abe Mooro Gets Out or Chicago Jail
After a Years Confinement
CHICAGO Dec 16 After a year in
the county jail Abe Moore The Ne
braska Cattle King walked out a free
man
Moore was released on a writ of ha
beas corpus by Judge Dunne He had
been held in jail under a fine of -1000
and filed a petition as a poor person
It was shown to the court that he
could not ay the fine and that nothing
remained except to discharge him as
the additional sentence of Judge Wa
terman for one year in jail expired
yesterday
Though comparatively a young man
Moore was known in the west as a
cattle king He established a credit
among stock yard dealers in Chieago
and was enabled to draw upon them to
a considerable extent
In the spring of 1889 Mpore drew
heavily upon the
Commission company Accord
ing to the story he represented that
ho had 900 head of fat cattle in the
stock yards at South Omaha These
he was desirous of advancing to the
Chicago Union Stock yards But it
was necessary that he have money to
secure the release of the stock He
gave a mortgage upon the latter it is
asserted and the money was sent to
him Later it is said no such cattle
could be found
Moore was convicted of obtaining
money by false pretenses
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EN TITLED TO WATER POWER
The Stato Board of Irrigation Decides a
Question
LINCOLN Dec 14 The state board
of irrigation delivered a decision in
the case of the Farmers and Mer
chants Irrigation company of Lexing
ton against the Gothenburg Power and
Irrigation company holding that the
latter is entitled to appropriate water
from the Platte river under its orig
inal claim for use in an extension of
the canal east of Gothenburg Under
the claim the Gothenburg company
asked for permission to use 200 cubic
feet of water per second for the irri
gation of specified lands and for the
operation of a power plant at Gothen
burg The application was allowed
and since the plant was put into oper
ation the canal was extended fifteen
miles eastward so that instead of re
turning the water from the power
plant to the river it was turned into
the extension The Farmers and Mer
chants company demurred to this ac
tion contending that the water could
be used only for the purposes specified
in the claim Former Secretary Wil
son upheld this contention and the
case was appealed to the irrigation
board Under the decision of the board
the Gothenburg company may turn the
water into its extension canal
First Shipment of Books Under tho Sys
tem Goe to Utah
LINCOLN Neb Dec 14 The first
shipment of books under tho Nebras
ka traveling library system will be
sent to Blair It will be one of tho
twenty five or more Independent trav
eling libraries thut will soon be start
ed on their way around the reading
circle which extends over practically
the entire state and Includes about
thirty towns or villages Books are
now boing purchased by the commis
sion and it is likely that the system
will be in good working order within
the next few weeks As Blair was
the first town to apply for the read
ing service it will be the first accom
modated
We want the people of the state
to understand the work and the ob
ject of the library commission said
Miss Edna Bullock secretary today
The intention of the framers of the
law which created the commission
was to encourage the founding of li
braries and to improve the adminis
tration of those already established
and to aid in every way possible the
educational development of the state
by helping the people to the desire
for more and better books The law
was passed at the solicitation of the
Nebraska Federation of Womens
Clubs the Nebraska Library associa
tion the Nebraska Teachers associa
tion and friends of library extension
and education throughout the state
AUTHORITY Of TEACHERS
Reasonable Control Over Toplls Out of
School
LINCOLN Neb Dec 14 As the
cold winter days approach and the
school children are inclined to caper
a trifle more than usual on the way
to school and after school hours
State Superintendent Fowler is called
upon to define the authority of teach
ers over the youngsters outside of
school hours After searching the
law Mr Fowler does not find any spe
cific statute but judging from deci
sions of courts he believes that in
the absence of statutory authority
the teacher may exercise reasonable
control over pupils on the way to
and from school He warns the
teachers however that this authority
must be exercised with discretion if
trouble is avoided that parents have
rights that ought to be respected a3
they are guardians of their children
and responsible for their acts in
school and out Yet he believes that
it would be disastrous to school dis
cipline to deprive teachers of reason
able control over pupils on the way to
and from the school house
All Want Nebraska Land
OMAHA Neb Dec 14 Many let
ters of inquiry are arriving daily at
Elkhorn headquarters from farmers
in Iowa Illinois and other states fur
ther east They all want to know
about the prices of Nebraska lands
along the Elkhorn and other informa
tion about crops and locations such
as farmers like to know The infor
mation is being promptly furnished
both by printed material and per
sonal letters and the outlook is en
couraging for a big winter movement
to the northern part of this state
Committee on Land Transfers
LINCOLN Neb Dec 14 The com
mittee appointed to investigate the
Torrens system of land transfers will
be ready to file its report with the
judges of the supreme court by Janu
ary 1 The members have visited
Chicago Toronto Can and Boston
inspecting the workings of the sys
tem with its
modifications The com
mittee was appointed in response to a
bill passed by the last legislature in
troduced by Representative Hanks of
Otoe county
Fight Duel ATIth Knives
PETERSBURG Neb Dec 14 J A
Weigand a prominent stock buyer
and farmer of this place and J W
McPherson a farmer residing four
miles from town became involved in
a dispute over a business transaction
and Weigand struck Mcrnerson who
immediately drew a knife and before
bystanders could prevent had slashed
Weigand in three places the most se
rious cut being in the groin
Farmer Commits Snlcldc
RED CLOUD Neb Dec 14 ilel
vin Meyers a young farmer living
about seven miles south of this city
committed suicide by shooting him
self through the head with a revolver
No cause can be assigned for the act
Shoots His
SPENCER Neb Dec 14 A few
months ago W W Parker and Han
son located here temporarily Par
ker is the son-in-law of Hanson and
a family feud exists between the two
which culminated in a street brawl
Parker shooting Hanson through the
right lung with a 32 caliber revolver
Parker gave himself up to the author
ities and is now in jail While the
wound is serious Hanson stands a
fair show to recover
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Uoir Clothea Are Blistered
Many of the starches now being used
ingredi
In washable fabrics contain
ents that break and blister the goods
so that after a few washings they are
of little service Defiance starch made
in Nebraska is manufactured with a
special view to obviating the difficulty
It contains a solution that can in no
way injure the linen but instead
gives it a smooth glossy finish that
makes goods look new after each iron
ing Sold by leading grocers Made
by Magnetic Starch- Co Omaha Neb
Better a distant friend than an In
timate enemy
FLORIDA SPEOIAL
Via Ulg Four Konto
Chicago to Jacksonville and St Au
gustine Effective Jan 6 1902 the
Big Four will operate through Pull
man sleepers from Chicago and In
dianapolis to Jacksonville and St Au
gustine via Cincinnati Queen Cres
cent Sou Ry Plant System and Fla
East Coast Ry leaving Chicago at 1
p m daily except Sunday Dining
and observation cars For full in
formation address J C Tucker Gen
Nor Agt 234 Clark street Chicago
Warren J Lynch G P T A or
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When a man has gone to seed it is
time to plant him
He vho has no shame has no con
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PUT DP IN COtrAPSEBLB TUBES
A substitute for and superior to mustard or
any other plaster and will not blister the
most delicate skin The pain allaying and
curative qualities of this article are wonder
ful It will stop the toothache at once and
relieve headache and sciatica We recom
mend It as tho best and safest external
counter irritant known also as an external
remedy for pains In the chest and stomach
anu an rneumauc neuralgic and gouty com
plaints A trial will prove what we claim
for it and it will be found to bo invaluable
in the household Many people say It Is the
best of all of your preparations Price 15
cents at alldrugglsts or other dealers or by
sending this amount to us In postage stamps
we will send you a tube bv malL Nh nrtfMn
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churches low taxation
high prices for cattle
and grain low railway
rates and every possi
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condition of the furmer lriWestern Canada
Province of Manitoba and districts of
ooia tsasicatchewan and Alberta Thousands
of Americans are now settled there Reduced
rates on all railways for homeseekers and set
tlers New districts are being opened up this
year The new forty page Atlas of Western Ca
nada sent free to all applicants F Pedley
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